Hair Transplant Procedure Phoenix Arizona
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The hair restoration techniques of Follicular Unit Transplantation and Follicular Unit Extraction are performed at Arizona's Medical Hair Loss Clinics in our office facilities under a local anesthesia not general anesthesia, in other words the patient is not put to sleep. Hair transplant procedures involve the movement of thousands of tiny follicular unit grafts takes a little, but it goes by quickly as patients rest comfortably during the procedure; either watching TV,listening to music , taking a nap, or just talking with the staff.

Follicular Unit Hair Transplantation

In modern follicular unit hair transplantation, patients leave the office with only a hat and headband and are able to shower and shampoo their hair the day after hair restoration surgery. After the procedure there is only some discomfort that is treated with oral medications, and there is literally no bleeding.
In Follicular Unit Transplantation a thin oval shape strip of hair is taken from the back and/or sides of the scalp and the area where the strip was taken from is sewn closed. The hair from above the incision covers the area so that it is not visible. The donor strip is placed under a series of special dissecting microscopes where the individual follicular units, of one to four hairs, are carefully dissected into tiny grafts. . Meticulous stereo-microscopic dissection is a crucial part of the hair transplantation procedure, if one is to get full yield from the donor hair.
Recipient sites (tiny incisions) are then made in the bald scalp where the grafts will be inserted. The sites are created with a thin instrument, or very fine needle, no larger than the one used to draw blood from your arm. If there is some hair in the area, the hair transplant doctor can work within the existing hair, so that it doesn’t need to be cut. The depth, angle, and distribution of these recipient sites are a critical aspect of the hair transplantation if the results are to look perfectly natural. Their proper placement is a special skill of an experienced hair transplant surgeon.
Once the recipient sites are made, the follicular unit grafts are carefully inserted into the scalp. The 1-hair grafts are placed at the hairline, the 2’s immediately behind them and the larger 3- and 4-hair units are placed in the central, forelock area. The recipient site sizes are matched to the different size follicular unit grafts, so that a snug fit is created. This facilitates healing, enhances growth of the follicles and permits a very easy post-op course of action.
In the procedure, the hair transplant is visible for about a week. Some patients cover the area with their existing hair and others choose to wear a hat when they are in public. Patients can resume normal daily activities the second day following their hair restoration surgery, although there are some restrictions on strenuous exercise, smoking and drinking.
New hair growth starts to appear in about 2 to 3 months and is generally complete in 10 to 12 months.

Follicular Unit Hair Extraction
In order to prepare hair follicles for transplantation, the doctor must microsopically remove small groups of hair (follicular units) from a donor site--typically from an area in the back of the scalp where hair loss has not been affected by hormones.
Unlike the single-strip method, where an entire donor tissue area is harvested using a scalpel-like blade, follicular unit extraction (FUE) removes hair through a series of small punches.  These punches score the skin and mid-dermis to a level of about 2 mm. around each follicular unit.  The hairs are then gently extracted, one-by-one, from within the punch area and are either used intact or divided microscopically into smaller units for transplantation.
While the single-strip method requires sutures, the FUE method does not--tye holes left behind after the follicles have been removed typically heal on their own within a week.  Either method leaves minimal scarring, which is normally not detectable once your hair grows out.
Since each hair loss problem is unique, a free consultation can assess your individual hair loss solution and help determine the best available treatment options.